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California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom’s redistricting push
The court ruled Republicans lacked evidence to block redistricting, allowing Democrats' plan to proceed and potentially add five new House seats, with a special election costing an estimated $230 million.
- On August 20, 2025 the California Supreme Court rejected an emergency petition by four Republican lawmakers to block legislative action, with Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero stating petitioners `failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief`.
- Governor Gavin Newsom pushed a redistricting package to counter Republican mid-decade maps, with California Democrats aiming to send it to voters in a special election on November 4 using a `gut and amend` legislative tactic.
- Petitioners argued the redistricting bills violated the California Constitution's 30-day publication rule, filed two days after Democrats in Sacramento introduced the plan, prompting calls to halt the package.
- The California state legislature will vote Thursday on the redistricting package, which could lead to a special election despite disputed $200+ million cost estimates.
- Republican state lawmakers said they will continue court and ballot challenges and sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorneys, as legal experts note potential federal Voting Rights Act challenges and injunctions could affect maps before the 2026 elections.
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Republican legislators argued, in a lawsuit filed on Monday, that the Democratic's electoral measure had not been published sufficiently in advance to meet the public notification requirements set out in the state constitution.
CA Supreme Court denies Republicans' request to intervene in Newsom's redistricting plan
California Supreme Court denies Republicans' request to intervene and slow down Democrats' redistricting legislation, which the legislature is expected to pass on the floor Thursday.
California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom’s redistricting push
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by state Republican legislators seeking to halt Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) plan to redistrict California’s congressional map. “Petitioners have failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time under California Constitution article IV, section 8,” reads a brief order posted to the docket. Newsom…
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